A £1.63m contract to help restore the Palace of Westminster has been won by a division of a Cumbria-headquartered group.
James Fisher Strainstall, which is based in Barrow-in-Furness, will conduct baseline monitoring of the palace's structure and to assess the impact of any seasonal, tidal, daily and background movement during reconstruction.
Other experts will also dig 23 boreholes, with some reaching up to 70 metres in depth, to assess ground conditions around the palace to inform decisions about essential restoration work to preserve the 150-year-old building.
